The organisation added that it was expecting nothing less than the outright dismissal of the petition like the panel members did.

“It was glaring to everyone that the petition challenging the overwhelming electoral victory of President Muhammadu Buhari was frivolous.

“The tribunal has now further shown how ridiculous the electoral challenge was and made it clear that the president was duly qualified to contest in the February .23 election in the first place, on the basis of educational qualification and professional attainment," it said.

The justices, they said, were emphatic in brushing aside claims by the petitioners that results were transmitted through electronic means to a server at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission.

The organisation urged opposition elements who claimed to be awaiting the tribunal verdict before recognising the president to keep their promise.

“We acknowledge that it is within the right of the opposition to go to the Supreme Court but we hope that the former vice president would see the handwriting on the wall and accept that he lost the election fair and square.”

Wike, the coordinator of the Atiku’s campaign in the south-south during to 2019 presidential election, in a press statement signed by his media aide, Simeon Nwakaudu, urged the president to use his victory to work for Nigeria's unity.

The governor in his congratulatory message also said the president should unite all Nigerians irrespective of his political standing.